chop up

verb

chopped up; chopping up; chops up

: to cut (something) into small pieces

She chopped up the nuts and added them to the cookie dough.

He chopped the onion up for the stew.

Examples of chop up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

During a blackout in February, Maykol’s neighbors chopped up a chair to use as cooking firewood rather than let the meat in their fridge rot. —Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026

The district has been chopped up, dropping local Republican strongholds in Roseville and Lincoln and picking up staunchly blue-leaning areas, most notably by expanding into Sacramento. —Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026

Shredded rotisserie chicken helps cut down on the prep work, which mostly consists of chopping up celery for a great crunchy bite throughout. —Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2026

Second, a gentle simmer in a flavorful sauce to bring the pork chops up to a safe serving temperature. —Kate Williams, AJC.com, 30 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for chop up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup